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ambassador chris stevens. tonight, new revelations about the terrorists, thor ie er if f their attack and new questions about whether life-saving security was denied. abc's jake tapper has details. >> reporter: that horrifying night in benghazi had former security officials in libya today condemning their superiors for denying their requests for more security agents. >> i asked for 12 agents, his response to that was, "you are asking for the sun, moon and the stars." >> reporter: eric nordstrom, the former security officer at the u.s. embassy in libya, today recalled his biggest frustration as being the state department. >> it is dealing and fighting against the people, programs and personnel who are supposed to be supporting me. for me, the taliban is on the inside of the building. >> reporter: nordstrom suspected the denials for more security were rooted in a fear of making libya seem more unstable. but a state department official denied any politics were at play. >> i have directly served six secretaries of
ambassador chris stevens. tonight, new revelations about the terrorists, thor ie er if f their attack and new questions about whether life-saving security was denied. abc's jake tapper has details. >> reporter: that horrifying night in benghazi had former security officials in libya today condemning their superiors for denying their requests for more security agents. >> i asked for 12 agents, his response to that was, "you are asking for the sun, moon and the stars."...
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ambassador chris stevens. and what we heard last night reverberating throughout washington today, in a series of questions and challenges. what did the white house know about the danger? and the need for protection? even secretary of state hillary clinton weighed in. here's abc's jake tapper. >> reporter: the vice president raised eyebrows and some outrage. when asked about the diplomats in libya whose rekwepss for additional security forces fell on deaf ears. >> they wanted more security there. >> well, we weren't told they wanted more security there. we did not know they wanted more security again. >> reporter: "we" seemed an interesting pronoun for him to use, given that the very day before the debate, two of those security officers testified before congress about their frustrations with the state department. >> i asked for 12 agents, his response to that was, "you are asking for the sun, moon and the stars. >> reporter: today, mitt romney seized on biden's comments. >> when the vice president of the united
ambassador chris stevens. and what we heard last night reverberating throughout washington today, in a series of questions and challenges. what did the white house know about the danger? and the need for protection? even secretary of state hillary clinton weighed in. here's abc's jake tapper. >> reporter: the vice president raised eyebrows and some outrage. when asked about the diplomats in libya whose rekwepss for additional security forces fell on deaf ears. >> they wanted more...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public, because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the massive security of the country. the best way to do that is take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have-- he ended it. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date, number one. and number two, with regard to 2014, it depends. when it c
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it, and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public, because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look...
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ambassador stevens had eight people guarding him. >> jennifer: wow. that information needs to get out there. it sounds like yes there was an unravelling of the information a bit -- or at least a leaking slowly, but in the end he is accurate that he wasn't told; that there was a request for additional security. let's listen to a sound bite from congressman ryan from last night's debate. hang on. listen. >> what we are witnessing as we turn on our television screens these days is the absolute unravelling of the obama foreign policy. >> jennifer: what is he talking about? >> well, again, what you see because of the arab spring is there are a lot of changes going on in the middle east and somehow he indication that if we had kept power -- he ignores the fact that basically he and obama did in libya. and again, you can't blame the president of the united states for what is happening in -- in syria. so somehow or another they are trying to take this one incident, where a group that had as much ties to al-qaeda as your local gas station does to bp headquarte
ambassador stevens had eight people guarding him. >> jennifer: wow. that information needs to get out there. it sounds like yes there was an unravelling of the information a bit -- or at least a leaking slowly, but in the end he is accurate that he wasn't told; that there was a request for additional security. let's listen to a sound bite from congressman ryan from last night's debate. hang on. listen. >> what we are witnessing as we turn on our television screens these days is the...
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stephen soon professor of politics and middle east chair at the university of san francisco hey there steven thank you so much for joining me so we've got a lot of ground to cover let's start by talking about the vice presidential debate and the two men with their two very different opinions how do you think they handled the iran situation. unfortunately their opinions weren't all that different from the came to iran neither of them on trial and martha raddatz the moderators for cost or a statement. or random somehow the biggest national security threat the united states faces today i mean united states virtually surrounds iran with military bases and forces our military budget here in the united states is more than one hundred times that of iran. we have a vast nuclear arsenal there are not kept on going to ballistic missile submarine base those stick missiles. around us and have any nuclear weapons or missiles capable of coming anywhere close to the united states so i was rather shocked at the assumption that they were debating about in the first place and when they did debate it was sort
stephen soon professor of politics and middle east chair at the university of san francisco hey there steven thank you so much for joining me so we've got a lot of ground to cover let's start by talking about the vice presidential debate and the two men with their two very different opinions how do you think they handled the iran situation. unfortunately their opinions weren't all that different from the came to iran neither of them on trial and martha raddatz the moderators for cost or a...
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. >> one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blame the youtube video, now they're trying to blame the romney/ryan ticket for making this an issue. >> with all due respect that's a bunch of malarkey. when there's a crisis we pull together as a nation. even before we knew what happened to the ambassador the governor was holding a press conference, holding a press conference. that's not presidential leadership. >> the debate moved from foreign policy to the 47%. >> it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lies. my friend recently in a speech in washington said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my m
. >> one month ago tonight on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes were made will not be made again. >> this is becoming more troubling by the day. they first blame the youtube video, now they're...
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. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. a ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back. that makes tv even better. if your tv were a prom queen, zeebox would be a stretch limo. with this enchanting union, comes a sunroof she can scream from... i'm goin' to prom! [ male announcer ] ...and a driver named bruce that she can re-name james... faster, james! [ male announcer ] ...just 'cause. download zeebox free, and have the night of your life with your tv. to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at dev
. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. a ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back. that...
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. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. the senate race in north dakota between democrat heidi heitkamp, the former attorney general and republican congressman rick berg should have been a slam dunk for the republicans. the state is solidly red and with less than a month to election day mitt romney is expected to win the state by double digits. but the race is much closer. a dead heat at 47% right now. it's a matchup that could determine control of the u.s. senate. with me now is former attorney general heidi heitkamp. i want to show you an ad now that you've been the victim of. let's show th
. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back....
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fascinating is that mitt romney by almost everyone's account when they still did not know where chris stevens' body was or whether he was alive -- it's forgotten because of the overarching problem with the administration pointing fingers in all directions. the testimony on capitol hill was that there was real-time video and real-time reporting back to washington as the assault was taking place. at that moment they knew there was no protest, there was an invasion. >> right. >> and at the same time the initial intelligence say assessment that went to susan rice and sat down with you on "meet the press," what everybody is referring to, that intelligence assessment is what people say and hillary clinton again today said rice was operating off of. >> right. i mean this is the problem. so you know, where did this line of communication get so bad? why did it take so long? let's also remember jay carney said it was self-evident it was terrorism but he said that, you know, more than a week later. i just think this is confusing. as a policy matter a lot of sort of accountability for this. still the que
fascinating is that mitt romney by almost everyone's account when they still did not know where chris stevens' body was or whether he was alive -- it's forgotten because of the overarching problem with the administration pointing fingers in all directions. the testimony on capitol hill was that there was real-time video and real-time reporting back to washington as the assault was taking place. at that moment they knew there was no protest, there was an invasion. >> right. >> and at...
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. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ at devry.edu/knowhow. those surprising little still make you take notice.
. >>> well, the father of christopher stevens, the u.s. ambassador to libya, he says his son's death shouldn't be politicized. jan stevens told bloomberg, it would be abhorrent to make this into a campaign issue. the security matters are being adequately investigated. it does not belong to the campaign arena. that's what he said. mitt romney has, of course, criticized president obama saying the administration didn't do enough to keep the ambassador safe. we'll be right back. in america...
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chris stevens. senior state department officials insist they'd rejected requests for increased security based on intelligence they had at the time. but a former security officer suggested politics played a role saying officials didn't want libya to seem more unstable. >>> investigators warning abut a security breach at northwest florida state college. hackers managed to steal 300,000 record from the school's computer system including social security numbers. those at risk, students. teachers, staff, retirees many reported issues with identity theft. >>> a plea deal reached in the case of a colorado student shot after she wandered into a house drunk. zoe ripple pled guilty to trespassing. if she stays out of trouble her record will be wiped clean. under the influence of a date rain drug when she walked into a couple's bedroom in the middle of the night. very strange story. >> yeah, a strange story. you were mentioning this is some what of a problem in colorado. >> police in this area say that many st
chris stevens. senior state department officials insist they'd rejected requests for increased security based on intelligence they had at the time. but a former security officer suggested politics played a role saying officials didn't want libya to seem more unstable. >>> investigators warning abut a security breach at northwest florida state college. hackers managed to steal 300,000 record from the school's computer system including social security numbers. those at risk, students....
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ambassador stevens sent that cable to washington, d.c. that is on september 1st. in fact, the memo went out september 4th. how is it a week before nobody is paying attention to washington, d.c. saying oh my goodness. there is problems. let's get these people some more assets. these people need some more help. >> laura: what about the republicans voting for more security against the embassies? paul ryan got stung with that last night against joe biden. was that true or not? >> in the last five years the state department budget has increased 118%. this is a question about priorities. in fact, under testimony, we asked charlene lamb, who is in charge of the embassies and security, and we asked her, was there denial of more personnel in libya a result of a lack of funding? she said. no it's a red herring. something they put out there as a strawman to try to distract. when your budget is increased 118% over five years you have to make priorities, you have to make choices. we have over 6,000 private contractors in baghdad and, yet, we barely have two dozen in libya. >>
ambassador stevens sent that cable to washington, d.c. that is on september 1st. in fact, the memo went out september 4th. how is it a week before nobody is paying attention to washington, d.c. saying oh my goodness. there is problems. let's get these people some more assets. these people need some more help. >> laura: what about the republicans voting for more security against the embassies? paul ryan got stung with that last night against joe biden. was that true or not? >> in the...
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chris stevens was one of the best and three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and the american people tonight. one, we'll find and bring to justice the men who did this, and secondly, we'll get to the bottom of this, and wherever the facts lead us, whrfer they lead us, we'll make clear to the american public, whatever mistakes were made, will not be made again. martha, it seems to me, look at a president's most important responsibility, caring for the national security of the country. take a look at how he's handled the issues of the day. on iraq, the president said he'd end the war. governor romney said it was a tragic mistake. we -- ended it, governor romney said it was a mistake and should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he'll end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date number one, and number two, with regard to 2014, it depends. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, first day in office, sitting with him in the oval office, and he said the highest priority is to get
chris stevens was one of the best and three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and the american people tonight. one, we'll find and bring to justice the men who did this, and secondly, we'll get to the bottom of this, and wherever the facts lead us, whrfer they lead us, we'll make clear to the american public, whatever mistakes were made, will not be made again. martha, it seems to me, look at a president's most important responsibility, caring for the national security of...
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i did not understand why embassador stevens was allowed -- ambassador stevens was allowed to go into the country with a situation like it was and not have the security. what he was doing in benghazi is impossible. host: we will leave it there. guest: this is what our diplomats do. the operate in the field with our host nation partners in trying to advance relationships with those countries. this happens on a global basis, on a daily basis. this is not something that is unusual. in an area like libya, it is a much higher risk. the ambassador knew that going into the country that it was a high risk environment. he knew to develop a relationship with libya, he was not going to be able to do that surrounded by a large entourage of personal security individuals. he visited that on a personal level. he had to get out of tripoli and needed to get with the people to best advance our relationship. at the end of the day, that put in at greater risk. from what i understand, he was well aware of that risk. that is what makes our diplomatic corps so special. they're willing to do it. host: what d
i did not understand why embassador stevens was allowed -- ambassador stevens was allowed to go into the country with a situation like it was and not have the security. what he was doing in benghazi is impossible. host: we will leave it there. guest: this is what our diplomats do. the operate in the field with our host nation partners in trying to advance relationships with those countries. this happens on a global basis, on a daily basis. this is not something that is unusual. in an area like...
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stevens and smith never made it out alive. diane sawyer asked the president about the white house's initial claims that the incident began with a protest against that anti-muslim video. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. look, look, diane, these are people i know. and if there is something to be fixed, it will get fixed. >> reporter: commander of a security team pulled from libya a few weeks before the attack testified that when he heard about the attack on the post in benghazi it was instantly recognizable that it was a terrorist attack. i had almost expected the attack to come, he said, we were the last flag flying. it was a matter of time. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >> well i think it is just stunning that it appears that perhaps security was short changed. people were asking for security an didn't get it. >> obviously house republicans are saying that there is a -- you know, situation here where the obama administration blew it. an
stevens and smith never made it out alive. diane sawyer asked the president about the white house's initial claims that the incident began with a protest against that anti-muslim video. >> as information came in, information was put out. the information may not have always been right the first time. look, look, diane, these are people i know. and if there is something to be fixed, it will get fixed. >> reporter: commander of a security team pulled from libya a few weeks before the...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and all of the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us we will make clear to the american public. when you are looking pat -- at a president, martha you should look at his most important contribution. and take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date number one, and number two with regard to 2014 it depends. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, the first day in office, i was sitting with him, he called in the cia, and signed an order, saying my highest priority is to get bin laden. prior to the election and him being sworn in governor romney was asked the ge abo
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and all of the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us we will make clear to the american public. when you are looking pat -- at a president, martha you should look at his most important contribution. and take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the other american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this and, secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. whatever -- wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. >> this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately it's indicative of a broader problem. what we're watching on our tv screens is the unraveling of the obama foreign policy which is making it more chaotic and us less safe. >> it's been over a month since the attack in benghazi and the details of what happened there are still trickling out tai by day. let's start from the beginning. it can be a little confusing. on september 11th a group of egyptians gathered outside the embassy in cairo. they scaled down the embassy walls and tore down the flag. that protest was in response to a 14 minute youtube film. hours later
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other americans. i can make absolutely two commitments to you and all the other american people. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this and, secondly, we will get to the bottom of it. whatever -- wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us we will make clear to the american public because whatever mistakes are made will not be made again. >> this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself but unfortunately...
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chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and all of the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear to the american public. when you are looking pat -- at a president, martha you should look at his most important contribution. and take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq the president has said he would end the war. governor romney said that was a tragic mistake. we should have left 30,000 troops there. with regard to afghanistan, he said he will end the war in 2014. governor romney said we should not set a date number one, and number two with regard to 2014 it depends. when it came to osama bin laden, the president, the first day in office, i was sitting with him, he called in the cia, and signed an order saying my highest priority is to get bin laden. prior to the election and him being sworn in governor romney was asked the ge abo
chris stevens was one of our best. we lost three other brave americans. i can make two commitments to you and all of the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, we will make clear to the american public. when you are looking pat -- at a president, martha you should look at his most important contribution. and take a look at how he has handled the issues of the day. on iraq...
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ambassador steven meets with the turkish diplomat. at 8:30 nobody is reported on the streets. 9:40 p.m. cameras showed armed men up raiding the compounds with rocket grenades on their shoulders. how many do we have missing right now? 10,000 to 20,000. there was no protest. this is what the administration knew. on top of that hillary clinton, the secretary of state is telling us on friday it's about the video. listen to what the state department. look at the second fill screen. listen to what the state department officials said when they were asked -- wait a minute. what in all of the events that you described talking about this, the ticktock on the night he died led you to believe this was prompted by protested against the video. look at the response. stand by. that is a question would you have to ask others. that was not our conclusion. the state department did not believe it was about the video is what they are saying. yet the secretary of state had a different message. >> i think there is something going on here. the civil servants
ambassador steven meets with the turkish diplomat. at 8:30 nobody is reported on the streets. 9:40 p.m. cameras showed armed men up raiding the compounds with rocket grenades on their shoulders. how many do we have missing right now? 10,000 to 20,000. there was no protest. this is what the administration knew. on top of that hillary clinton, the secretary of state is telling us on friday it's about the video. listen to what the state department. look at the second fill screen. listen to what...
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on a rather somber note, one month ago tonight, on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. the state department has made clear there were no protesters there. it was a preplanned assault by heavily armed men. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> what it was is a tragedy, martha. i can make two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and bring to justice the men who did this. and secondly, we will get to the bottom of it and wherever the facts lead us, wherever they lead us, we will make clear to the american public, because whatever mistakes were made, will not be made again. when you're looking at a president, martha, it seems to me that you should take a look at his most important responsibility. that's caring for the national security of the country. the best way to do that is to take a look at how he's handled the issues. the president said he would end the war in iraq. governor romney said that was a mistake. with regard to af
on a rather somber note, one month ago tonight, on the anniversary of 9/11, ambassador chris stevens and three other brave americans were killed in a terrorist attack in benghazi. the state department has made clear there were no protesters there. it was a preplanned assault by heavily armed men. wasn't this a massive intelligence failure, vice president biden? >> what it was is a tragedy, martha. i can make two commitments to you and all the american people tonight. one, we will find and...
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i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named ed gillespie and i'm told his star is rising and he has taken a more conventional us versus the other guy choice election. >> to the final debate questions. one what will the president do differently and how will romney prepare for a different apartment tonight we have the vice presidential debate so let's talk about the presidential debate first. what would you expect to see obama do differently next time and how would romney be prepared to deal with that? >> i think that the precedence going to show up at the next debate and the 16th is a week from today. it's a different format which makes his job frankly tougher because it's not going to be the moderator and a candidate. this is a town hall meeting. it will be moderated by candy crowley of cnn. they are going to be undecided voters have been chosen i think by gallup who are going to be there a
i think stuart stevens is still important. i think his star is somewhat eclipsed and i think other people feel the republican national chairman long-time operative in this town named ed gillespie and i'm told his star is rising and he has taken a more conventional us versus the other guy choice election. >> to the final debate questions. one what will the president do differently and how will romney prepare for a different apartment tonight we have the vice presidential debate so let's...